What high-tech hotels will there be in the future?

The bathroom is getting bigger and bigger.

Considering that the cost of bathroom is the highest in hotel rooms, the quality and facilities in this area (two sinks, separate shower and bathtub, etc. ) has become an important criterion for judging a hotel.

Zeev Sharon, the founder of the hotel reservation website Hotelied, said that according to their research, more and more guests will evaluate hotels according to the quality of bathrooms. In the future, the bathroom area of hotel rooms will increase by up to 50%, while the rooms will be reduced accordingly.

The bathroom is more like a spa.

"People like luxurious spa bathrooms," Sharon said. "When designing the bathroom, the hotel really needs to consider issues such as countertop space (whether there is enough space to place cosmetic bags), and rain showers are becoming a standard configuration. Nowadays, hotels of various orientations are paying a lot of attention to redesigning the bathroom to make it more like a spa. "

The guest room is getting smaller and smaller.

Sharon said that flat-panel TVs are the favorite of hotel designers, because they eliminated bulky CRT TVs and further reduced the room space. Nowadays, hotels have become more and more inclined to choose the mode of providing only necessities, which can be seen from the increasingly popular capsule hotels.

Mike Tiedy, senior vice president of global brand design and innovation for Starwood, agrees. "In our brands, such as Yalexuan, Suyuan and Fupeng, rooms are getting smaller and more efficient, and they focus on lounges for work or social activities," he said. "These rooms have become comfortable nests, and everything you need is at your fingertips."

Support the control of lighting and air conditioning through mobile phones.

Nowadays, most people go out with their smartphones, notebooks, tablets or fitness trackers. Sharon said that hotels have also begun to integrate the interactive elements of these technology products into their room design.

"The hotel is now more willing to provide services for you through your own equipment, rather than providing equipment for you. Do you remember the last time you used a hotel mobile phone? The hotel is now thinking more about giving you an application running on your mobile phone than giving you a mobile phone directly. " Sharon explained. With the help of Internet of Things technology, guests will be able to control everything in the room, whether it is lighting, curtains or power supply, with their mobile phones or touch screen devices.

At present, many hotels have begun to put this concept into practice. Marriott and Netflix jointly launched an indoor entertainment system, and personalized hotels and Starwood also began to allow guests to use smart phones as room keys.

More sockets are within reach.

Because of the huge number of electronic equipment we carry, we often need multiple sockets to charge. However, the number of sockets in hotel rooms is generally small. "Everyone wants to have a lot of sockets to charge all devices, which has become a very big demand. The use of sockets must be simple and convenient, and the hotel has done a lot of thinking in this regard. " Sharon said this.

High-tech lighting function

LED technology has brought a brand-new and unique way to control lighting. Starwood's Yalexuan brand hotel is currently experimenting with a bathroom mirror equipped with touch buttons. Customers can adjust the LED lights in the bathroom or use smart phones to control the temperature and lighting. At the same time, Fu Peng is developing a smart mirror that supports touch, allowing users to read headlines or check the current weather.

Traditional furniture has been replaced by minimalist design and open shelves.

Luanne Fausett, a hotel designer who has worked for Marriott, Hilton, Windham and Intercontinental Hotels, said that people seldom take their luggage out of their boxes when staying in hotels, so we will see more open shelves and "dressing rooms, not closed wardrobes".

Tiedy added that the hotel room will provide a comfortable and adaptable area for guests to work or relax, because guests don't know how to use the table, instead of emphasizing the existence of the table.

Pay more attention to the quality of bedding.

Since Westin introduced the 10-storey heavenly dream bed in199, the whole hotel industry began to try to reshape the sleep experience. Now hotel companies are spending more and more on bedding, and this trend will continue.

The hotel lobby will become a high-tech multi-functional area.

Hotel lobby is no longer just a lonely front desk-it is gradually becoming a multi-functional area. You will see the emergence of bars, restaurants, lounges and business centers. "Hotels are changing their public space greatly," Sharon said. "They integrated various spaces and used the concept of living room."

Tiedy added that the development of digital technology is also driving the changes in halls and rooms. "The growing popularity of streaming media content allows guests to use their personal devices to work and socialize anywhere in the hotel," he said. "This has had a major impact on the way we design space. We must not only meet the guests who want to be alone in public space, but also take care of the needs of groups of all sizes in meeting and eating. "

Social media will influence hotel design.

Today's hotels need to start thinking about their presence on social media, which is not as simple as registering a Facebook page or Twitter account. Sharon believes that they need to consider what their hotel looks like on social media and how to enhance the image of the hotel on social media.

Pay more attention to fitness elements

Few hotels paid attention to the fitness area before. Guests can only exercise in a dark, windowless gym, and many of the equipment in it is even broken. But this situation will soon change: the hotel will invest heavily in building a real fitness center.

In addition, some hotels are becoming comprehensive fitness centers. They not only put the fitness equipment directly into the guest room, but also provide the guests with health programs in fitness and diet.

Science fiction-like high-tech facilities

In order to enhance their competitiveness, some hotels have begun to focus on science fiction and introduced some futuristic high-tech facilities, such as robot butler (Cupertino and Botlr in Silicon Valley), robot waiter (Yobot in Yotel), virtual reality experience (XYZ Bar in Yalexuan), fingerprint scanning door lock (Alma Barcelona) and retina scanning door lock (Kimpton Hotel, 1990).